Sleeve



A. J. TQWER. Sleeve.

No. 228,790. Paiented June 15,1886.

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MFEIERS WiOTO-LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. D C.

PATENT OFFicE.

ABNER J. TOWER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SLEEVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,790, dated June 15, 1880.

Application filed January 16, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABNER J. TOWER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of 'Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Coat-Sleeves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to sleeves of oiled or water-proof coats; but it is applicable to coats made from anymaterial.

The object of the invention is to prevent rain or snow from entering the sleeve and wetting the under-garments. It is very useful at sea, where sailors are obliged in all weathers to perform labor which requires raising the arms, and thus inviting the admission of water into the sleeves of their water-proof coats.

This invention consists in means for contractin g the lining of the sleeve so that it hugs the arm without afiecting the outside portion and without the employment of any or supplementary lining, flap, or cuff, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure l is a view of a portion of a coat whose sleeve is provided with my improvement. The sleeve is represented as having been folded baekin order to exhibit the inven tion. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the sleeve and lining at the point where the invention is applied.

a represents-the sleeve, and b the lining, stitched or attached to the sleeve, as usual, at b.

c is a strap or band of any flexible material, whether elastic or non-elastic, arrangedto lie between thelining l) and sleeve (0. The object of this strap is to contract the lining until it hugs and clings to the arm, so as to prevent the admission of water, snow, Sic. This band may lie entirely between the lining and sleeve, no portion extending through the sleeve, in which case it is usually made of elastic material, so as to be self-acting; or it may be made, as shown in the drawings, with one end, 0, extending through the sleeve and the other end provided with a buckle, 0", also projecting through the sleeve, in which case the strap is usually made non-elastic and the lining is contracted by drawing out the end a and catching it in the buckle c". The projecting partsc a are usually placedin the rear portion of the sleeve, where they will not be conspicuous.

A variation of the invention is to pass the strap 0 back and forth through openings in the lining, so that portions lie between the lining and sleeve and portions between the lining and arm of the wearer; but the manner shown in the drawings of placing the strap is deemed preferable.

It will be seen that in contracting the lining the sleeve is not materially, if at all, affected, but preserves its natural and ordinary appearance of fullness, while rain, snow, and cold air are excluded.

I am aware that devices have been applied to sleeves of coats for the purpose of protecting the arm from the weather; but such devices have consisted of supplementary linings, flaps, cuffs, 870., in addition to the ordinary sleeve and lining. In myinvention l obviate all the practical difliculties (which are numerous) and save the expense attending such devices by utilizing the original lining in the sleeve, thus making a not only cheaper garment, but one which is warmer, and in which the sleeve will not turn inside out when the coat is removed, as in the case of the devices referred to, as my lining is sewed at both ends in the usual manner, and hence cannot reverse.

Having thus fully described my improve ment, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A coat-sleeve the lining of which is adapted to be contracted, without thereby contracting the outer fabric of the sleeve, by means of a band or strap applied to the lining, such lining being attached to the sleeve at each end, and the whole arranged for operation substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ABNER J. TOWER.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, GEORGE V. MALLON. 

